Chapter 12: The Blood Undone
To find my way back I basically followed the sound of clashing swords. I stopped and remembered the knife I had in my belt. Well this could have been useful a few minutes ago. I pulled the knife out and held it in my other hand. The knife in one hand and the sword in the other, I was prepared. I continued running and emerged in the main cavern.
Barbossa and Jack were still fighting. They were on some sort of rocky slope. Barbossa threw down his sword. "Ye can't beat me, Jack."
Jack took this opportunity to stab his opponent. You idiot, you can't kill him! Barbossa sighed and took the blade out of his chest and stabbed Jack.
I stood there, stunned. Jack stumbled back into a patch of moonlight. His body turned into a skeleton! He held up his hand and examined his fingers. "Well that's interesting." he commented. In his hand was one of the pieces of Aztec gold. He moved it around on his fingers. "Couldn't resist, mate."
Barbossa growled, picked up his sword and threw a handful of gold into Jack's face. The two captains continued there fighting.
"You! I thought Clubba took care of ya!" one pirate shouted at me. He advanced with a drawn sword.
"Well obviously he didn't." I snapped. "I took this as a prize, though." I held up Clubba's sword for the pirate to see. The pirate sneered and charged at me.
"Aww, are you worried about your friend?" I taunted as I attacked and dodged. The pirate growled aimed a swipe at my legs. I jumped and brought my knife over his head. It connected, leaving a nasty gash. The pirate grimaced but kept attacking.
We were slashing and stabbing our way through the tunnels. I kept on offence making sure the pirate wouldn't be able to land a hit on me. One time we passed through a patch of moonlight. The pirate looked really creepy. His skeleton features shined in the moonlight. "Ah!" I shouted and fell back.
The pirate hovered over me, his sword ready to strike. "Daddy's not here to save you this time, whelp." he smirked. He brought his sword down and I had just enough time to raise my own sword. The blades met. Now it was a battle of strength. It was a really bad situation for me to be in. If my blade slipped first I would die, but if his blade slipped first he would get stabbed and be fine.
It was getting harder to hold his sword in place. I maybe had a few minutes left. In the corner of my eye I saw a figure. The pirate hovering over me gasped and I saw a blade emerge from his chest. His own blade slipped and my sword pierced his leg. "Run, Jason!" Will's voice came from behind the pirate.
I got up and sliced my sword across the pirate's knees. He shrieked in pain and knelt on the ground. I made the hilt of my sword connect with the back of his head. The pirate fell to the ground, unconscious.
"Thanks Will." I said.
He was about to say something when two pirates came around the corner. I grinned and nodded. "Ready for another bout?" I asked.
"What? You getting sleepy?" Will replied. I grinned and charged towards the pirates. Jacoby was among them. I attacked him first.
Will, the two pirates and I battled around the cavern. I got Jacoby. I used my knife as more of a taunting tool. My sword was the real weapon. With the knife I would fake an attack and the sword would come in for the real strike. That fooled the bomb pirate for awhile, but he eventually got the pattern.
During one fake he grabbed my arm started attacking. "That's not fair!" I shouted. I barely had any room to avoid and block attacks. Jacoby threw me to the ground and kicked my face. My vision went black for a few minutes.
I got up and clutched my head. It felt like someone shot a canon right next my ear. The pain was pretty bad. I was dizzy and my thoughts were fuzzy.
When I regained my thoughts I looked around for Will. Jacoby was standing over him, ready to attack. "I'm goin' to teach you the meaning of pain!" the pirate shouted and raised his arm to strike. I started to run over there when I heard another voice.
"You like pain?" a feminine voice asked. Elizabeth Swann came up from behind Jacoby and smacked him in the face with some sort of long pillar. "Try wearing a corset." she helped up Will.
"What are you doing here?" I asked.
Elizabeth pointed the pillar at me. "I should ask you the same thing, traitor." she accused. I was about to protest when the clashing of swords caught our attention.
Jack and Barbossa were fighting in the water. Moonlight shone on them, exposing their skeletal features. I've never seen Barbossa as a skeleton before. His clothes were ripped and rotting. There was a red stain on his ribs. I really don't want to know.
Barbossa glanced at me for a second. The only thing I saw, disappointment. I felt bad, guilty even. I was helping fight against my own father.
"Whose side is Jack on?" Elizabeth asked, her voice pulled me away from my thoughts.
"At the moment?" Will replied. Elizabeth didn't wait for an answer. She smacked another pirate in the face.
Will and I got all three pirates lined up in a patch of moonlight. That's when Elizabeth jabbed the golden pillar through them, connecting their skeletal bodies side by side. Will took one of Jacoby's bombs and put it in his rib cage. He then pushed the pirates into the shadows. I ran, not wanting to see what happened.
Jack and Barbossa were fighting near the main pile of gold. The explosion had distracted them for a few seconds. That gave Jack enough time to run his sword across his hand. What? Will ran up the pile to the stone chest. Jack tossed him something.
Barbossa pulled out his gun and pointed it at Elizabeth. She stopped dead in her tracks. A gunshot rang out throughout the cavern. I sucked in my breath, but Elizabeth seemed unharmed.
Barbossa looked confused. He turned around and saw Jack pointing a smoking pistol at him. The captain smirked. "For ten years you carry that pistol and now ye waste your shot."
"He didn't waste it." Will said. In his hand was a bloodied knife, the other was a clenched fist.
"Will, no!" I shouted as he dropped the Aztec gold into the chest. I looked at Barbossa, willing him to be alright. Please don't die.
Barbossa stared down at his chest. He opened his vest, revealing a white shirt with a bloodied hole. The blood ran down his shirt, staining it red.
"Dad!" I shouted and ran up to him.
"I feel…cold." those were the last words of Hector Barbossa as he fell to the ground, dead. The apple he had rolled out of his hand and into the water.
"Dad." I whimpered and sank to my knees next to him. I realized it was the first time I called him that. Now my father, the only family I had left, was dead. Looking at Will I saw he had a sympathetic sorrow in his eyes.
"Jason." he began to say. I shook my head. I wasn't angry at Will. There was only one person I was angry at, and he was standing right behind me.
I stood up and turned around. "Jack Sparrow, you bastard! Now I know why people say Jackass! You bloody son of a bitch! Tu fils de pute! Jackcul!" I screamed a lot of other curses and insults at the man. I was really glad I knew French because I was running out of things to say. Every vile, evil, cruel thing I could thing of I screamed at Jack. It was a good five minutes before I stopped.
"Jason, it had to be done." Jack began calmly. "He would've killed Will, along with thousands of other people."
"I don't bloody care!" I shouted, seething with anger. I wanted to kill Jack. I wanted to kill him so badly, but I couldn't. The only thing I could do was stand there and glare at the bloody git. He looked back at me, completely calm.
Elizabeth came up next to me. She looked confused but she put her hand on my arm. I shook it off and walked away.
I sat down on the rocky floor near a pool of water, hugging my knees. I didn't cry, I knew better than that, but I felt terrible. The last thing my father saw me do was fight against him. There was so much guilt in me I didn't know how I held it all in. Every now and then I would look back at my father's body, but then quickly turn away.
Distantly, I heard Jack go through the piles of gold. He was tossing stuff around, making a huge racket. I could faintly hear Will and Elizabeth talking, but I wasn't listening. Everything was a buzz. Elizabeth walked by me.
"If you were waiting for the opportune moment, that was it." I heard Jack say. "Now if you'll be very kind I'd much appreciate it if you would drop me and the lad off at my ship." he walked past me, bedecked in golden jewelry. He even had a crown on his head. That gold belongs to my father, you thieving monkey! I quickly took it back because that was an insult to the monkey Jack.
I stood up slowly. Will walked up next to me. "Are you okay?" he asked.
I glared at him. "What do you think?" I asked. He frowned at me. "Sorry. Bad day." I quickly added. He nodded and led me to the boats.
I climbed in and sat as far away from Jack as possible. It was a long boat ride. The gold, shimmering on the bottom, didn't appeal to me. I didn't even see it.
When we emerged from the caves I noticed the Black Pearl wasn't there anymore. It was replaced by the HMS Dauntless. "I'm sorry, Jack." Elizabeth said.
"They've done what's right by them. Couldn't expect more than that." Jack said grimly. We were left with no choice but to go to the Dauntless which would take us back to Port Royal. This is one of the worst days of my life.
On the Dauntless, Jack was greeted with shackles. Norrington quickly tossed him in the brig. Gillette had a strong grip on my arm. For once I didn't struggle. Elizabeth was trying to convince Norrington not to throw me in with Jack.
"This isn't the first law he has broken. Thievery turns to piracy, there's nothing left to be said." Norrington argued.
"He's just a boy." the governor put in. "Perhaps with the right guidance he can turn his life around." I was surprised by the act of kindness.
After more arguing, Norrington finally agreed. Will and I were to be granted clemency. Gillette reluctantly let me go. "You step one foot out of line, you'll be in the brig with Sparrow." he warned. I glared at he man until he walked away.
Surprisingly, the governor came up to me. "I know you probably had a rough day. I suggest you go down below and get some sleep. I tried to get you your own cabin but the commodore refused. You'll have to use the hammocks." his voice was soft and comforting. I nodded and started walking to the stairs.
Before I descended, I looked back at the governor. "Thank you." I mumbled. He nodded walked to his own cabin. Down below, I chose a hammock and tried to get some sleep. It took hours, but finally I dozed off into unpleasant dreams.
I was standing in the main cavern of Isla de Muerta. The moonlight was glistening off the gold, making it shine with a bright, silver light. I was alone except for a shadow. It had the shape of a man and was standing near the Aztec gold.
I walked up to the shadow. As I came up the pile it turned around. It was Barbossa in his skeletal form. The moonlight glistened off the bones like it did the gold. He didn't say anything; he just looked at me with his icy cold glare.
Then I felt an overwhelming amount of heat. It came from behind Barbossa. "Run." he said as the black fire consumed him. His bones charred black and the feathered hat turned to ash. I ran.
The fire chased me through the caves. I could feel the heat on my back. Running every which way I could run I tried to get away. Eventually, I came to a dead end, literally dead. I turned around just in time to see the black fire engulf me as it did Barbossa.
I woke up with a yelp. Will was standing over me; his eyes were filled with concern. "Are you okay?" I gave a small nod. "Come on, we're here."
I know it's a short chapter. I'm not very good at writing fight scenes, but I hope to get better. BTW there is a quote from the Avengers in this chapter. Tell me if you find it. Please review.